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Northern Highlands Students Hear About Opiate Addiction From Users, Police Praise Program Northern Highlands Students Hear About Opiate Addiction From Users, Police Praise Program
Northern Highlands Students Hear About Opiate Addiction From Users, Police Praise Program It’s one thing to have authority figures warn schoolkids of the dangers of heroin and opioids, but it’s another when it’s recovering addicts, as students at Northern Highlands Regional High School learned. Not only that: The speakers were all from schools in the Allendale area. A key component of the #NotEvenOnce program was the participation of the organization Alumni in Recovery, Police Chief George Scherb said. “Students had the opportunity to hear from addicts in recovery who shared their real-life experiences with addiction, dependency and their path to recovery,” he said. #NotEvenOn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Old Tappan Nurse's Brilliant Plan Could Solve Bergen's Opioid Epidemic Old Tappan Nurse's Brilliant Plan Could Solve Bergen's Opioid Epidemic
Old Tappan Nurse's Brilliant Plan Could Solve Bergen's Opioid Epidemic Former Bergen County Regional Medical Center nurse Nancy Labov believes each young recovering addict has the ability to give back in a way the no one else can. As a recovering person herself, she would know. Nearly three decades ago, Labov decided to get sober.  And four years ago, she started Alumni In Recovery (AinR). The nonprofit organization sends recovering addicts back into middle and high schools that they are familiar with or have graduated from. There, they tell their stories to students who share the same lockers and walk the same halls that they once did, and may be…

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by Cecilia Levine